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I can see this is an old habit with you; you reek with money-lust."
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"Oh!" said Simon, "pray for me! Pray to the Master that nothing like that will ever happen to me!"
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And with that, the apostles were on their way, continuing to witness and spread the Message of God's salvation, preaching in every Samaritan town they passed through on their return to Jerusalem.
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Later God's angel spoke to Philip: "At noon today I want you to walk over to that desolate road that goes from Jerusalem down to Gaza."
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He got up and went. He met an Ethiopian eunuch coming down the road. The eunuch had been on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and was returning to Ethiopia, where he was minister in charge of all the finances of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians.
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He was riding in a chariot and reading the prophet Isaiah.
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The Spirit told Philip, "Climb into the chariot."
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Running up alongside, Philip heard the eunuch reading Isaiah and asked, "Do you understand what you're reading?"
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He answered, "How can I without some help?" and invited Philip into the chariot with him.
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The passage he was reading was this: As a sheep led to slaughter, and quiet as a lamb being sheared, He was silent, saying nothing.
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He was mocked and put down, never got a fair trial. But who now can count his kin since he's been taken from the earth?